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  • August 2008

    • 1920s Mickey May Be Public Domain

      Los Angeles Times  |  Aug 23, 08 7:44 PM CDT

      1920s Mickey May Be Public Domain

      (Newser) - A trio of unlikely challengers has angered Walt Disney Co. by arguing that an early version of Mickey Mouse is no longer copyright-protected, the Los Angeles Times reports. Disney has won a $500,000 lawsuit against ex-employee Gregory Brown, who uncovered old film credits that he says invalidate Disney's claim to a 1920s version of Mickey. A law student later took up Brown's case in a class paper. More »

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      film  • Disney  • cartoon  • copyright law  • Mickey Mouse

    • PBS Unleashes Martha for Vocab Help

      Boston Globe  |  Aug 17, 08 4:59 PM CDT

      PBS Unleashes Martha for Vocab Help

      (Newser) - What if the family dog ate alphabet soup by mistake? Susan Meddaugh answered her 7-year-old son’s question by writing a book, Martha Speaks , which has now become a PBS show about the talking dog. PBS hopes it will teach challenging vocab—"diminish," "concoct," and "courageous" are on the list—by integrating them seamlessly into stories. More »

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      television  • cartoon  • PBS  • children's show  • vocabulary  • Department of Education

  • July 2008

    • Beetle Bailey Finds New Barracks

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 16, 08 1:14 PM CDT

      Beetle Bailey Finds New Barracks

      (Newser) - One of the world's biggest collections of cartoon art has found a new home at Ohio State University, the Wall Street Journal reports. "Beetle Bailey" creator Mort Walker amassed more than 200,000 pieces of cartoon art during his 7 decades in the business but had to move his National Cartoon Museum several times and eventually shut it for good in 2002. More »

    • Pundits Cringe at 'Irony Deficiency' in Cartoon Flap

      Salon  |  Jul 15, 08 1:28 PM CDT

      Pundits Cringe at 'Irony Deficiency' in Cartoon Flap

      (Newser) - Many writers are scratching their heads at the incensed reactions provoked by the New Yorker ’s Obamas-as-terrorists cover. Here’s some rebuttal: Liberals “have come to regard all images or texts that contain negative stereotypes as too politically dangerous to run,” Gary Kamiya writes in Salon. “Not a single work of satire could ever pass this paranoid test” in which merely acknowledging racism “is to be racist.” More »

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      Barack Obama  • racism  • satire  • cartoon  • New Yorker magazine

  • May 2008

    • Family Guy Neighbor Gets Own Show

      New York Post  |  May 28, 08 1:58 PM CDT

      Family Guy Neighbor Gets Own Show

      (Newser) - Fox's hit cartoon Family Guy is spinning off a new show centered around Cleveland Brown—the soft-spoken neighbor to Peter Griffin. The Cleveland Show will debut in 2009, and follow a recently divorced Brown on a quest to his Virginia hometown, where he falls in love with an old flame. More »

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      television  • cartoon  • Family Guy  • 20th Century Fox  • Fox network

    • 'Family Circus' Mommy Dies at 82

      Arizona Republic (Phoenix)  |  May 26, 08 2:42 AM CDT

      'Family Circus' Mommy Dies at 82

      (Newser) - The inspiration for the mom in the popular Family Circus cartoon has died at the age of 82 of Alzheimer's disease. Thelma Keane was the wife of cartoonist Bil Keane, who based the long-running strip of domestic hilarity on the couple's experience raising five children, reports the Arizona Republic . "I give all the credit to my wife," Keane said. "She was vital to any success that I had." More »

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      Alzheimer's  • cartoon

  • February 2008

    • Smurftastic Comeback in Works

      NPR  |  Feb 21, 08 3:14 PM CST

      Smurftastic Comeback in Works

      (Newser) - At age 50, and after a decade in exile, the Smurfs are planning a comeback, NPR reports, with the original series coming out on DVD and a 3-D movie expected next year. Though today’s kids have more sophisticated options than watching the repair of mushroom houses, “the Smurf village can be a good place to rest," said one marketing type. More »

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      pop culture  • cartoon  • animation  • comeback  • 3D movie  • Smurfs

    • Muhammad Cartoon Artist Now Homeless

      Der Spiegel  |  Feb 20, 08 11:11 AM CST

      Muhammad Cartoon Artist Now Homeless

      (Newser) - A Danish cartoonist who enraged the Muslim world in 2005 with his depiction of the prophet Muhammad with a bomb in his turban is now homeless, Der Spiegel reports. Kurt Westergaard, 73, has been thrown out of his police-protected hotel room—where he was sent when authorities uncovered a plot to kill him—because he’s “too much of a security risk.” More »

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      Islam  • Denmark  • homeless  • cartoon  • Danish Mohammed cartoons  • cartoonist  • Islamic radicals  • Kurt Westergaard

    • 3 Danish Papers Reprint Cartoon of Muhammad

      Bloomberg  |  Feb 13, 08 6:10 AM CST

      3 Danish Papers Reprint Cartoon of Muhammad

      (Newser) - After yesterday's arrest of three men allegedly plotting to kill a Danish cartoonist, the country's three largest newspapers all reprinted the offending cartoon, Bloomberg reports. Kurt Westergaard's controversial depiction of the prophet Muhammad wearing a bomb in his turban was originally printed in 2005 by Jyllands-Posten , which reproduced it again today.  More »

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      Islam  • newspaper  • Denmark  • cartoon  • Danish Mohammed cartoons  • cartoonist

    • Bust in Terror Plot to Kill Danish Cartoonist

      CNN  |  Feb 12, 08 7:29 AM CST

      Bust in Terror Plot to Kill Danish Cartoonist

      (Newser) - Danish police this morning arrested several people suspected of plotting to assassinate a cartoonist who had offended Muslims with a cartoon insulting the prophet Mohammed. The newspaper Jyllands-Posten , which published a set of controversial cartoons in 2005, said the attempt was against one of 12 illustrators, Kurt Westergaard, who drew the prophet wearing a bomb with a lit fuse as a turban. More »

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      terrorism  • Denmark  • cartoon  • assassination attempt  • Danish Mohammed cartoons  • cartoonist

  • December 2007

    • Worker Axed Over Dilbert Zinger

      Des Moines Register  |  Dec 20, 07 2:50 PM CST

      Worker Axed Over Dilbert Zinger

      (Newser) - Bosses at the Catfish Bend Casino in Iowa suffered a sense of humor failure after a Dilbert cartoon referring to decision-makers as "drunken lemurs" appeared on a workplace bulletin board. They checked the security cameras to find the culprit and fired the employee who posted the strip, reports the Des Moines Registe r.  More »

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      work  • cartoon  • unemployment benefits  • Dilbert  • Scott Adams

  • November 2007

    • Cartoon Row Over, a Danish Muslim Rises

      Times (UK)  |  Nov 10, 07 5:23 AM CST

      Cartoon Row Over, a Danish Muslim Rises

      (Newser) - With Denmark holding early elections on Tuesday, the Times of London profiles the probable kingmaker in the next parliament: a hugely popular Syrian immigrant and secular Muslim. After the worldwide uproar over cartoons depicting Mohammad, Naser Khader founded the New Alliance party to counter anti-Muslim sentiments. Now, polls predict his party will hold the balance of power and Khader will get to pick the next prime minister. More »

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      Denmark  • cartoon  • Naser Khader

  • September 2007
  • August 2007

    • French Foodies Eating Up 'Ratatouille'

      Washington Post  |  Aug 14, 07 1:02 PM CDT

      French Foodies Eating Up 'Ratatouille'

      (Newser) - Legions of French citizens are crowding theaters for a first taste of Pixar's latest 3-D animated feature Ratatouille , the story of a rodent chef in Paris and now the 4th highest-grossing movie premiere in France's history. The French, known for their devotion to everything food-related, are raving about "Ratatouille" for its fastidious faithfulness to gourmet food and the art of cooking. More »

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      France  • movie  • film  • food  • chef  • cooking  • cartoon  • movie theaters  • Pixar  • 3D  • Le Monde  • Ratatouille

  • July 2007

    • Mmm . . .Good Reviews

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  Jul 27, 07 7:55 AM CDT

      Mmm . . .Good Reviews

      (Newser) - Critics are overwhelmingly pleased by The Simpsons Movie , even if they agree it doesn't push the envelope further than usual. By all accounts, rapid-fire sight gags and one-liners keep diehards and casual fans alike in giggles. Even naysayers, like the LA Times, don't argue it's not funny, just that it doesn't go far enough: "It doesn't take the gloves off." More »

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      television  • movie  • movie review  • cartoon  • animated movie  • The Simpsons Movie  • The Simpsons

    • 'Islamic Rage Boy' Defies Cartoon

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jul 23, 07 8:56 AM CDT

      'Islamic Rage Boy' Defies Cartoon

      (Newser) - The Islamic radical whose wild-eyed fury inspired the internet cartoon "Islamic Rage Boy"  tells the Guardian he's undeterred by Western ridicule and vows to continue his work. Images of  Kashmiri activist Shakeel Ahmad Bhat, used by American bloggers to lampoon Muslim extremism, have been applied to merchandise from tee-shirts to mouse pads. More »

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      cartoon

    • Cartoonist Killed in Car Crash

      Atlanta Journal-Constitution  |  Jul 11, 07 4:30 AM CDT

      Cartoonist Killed in Car Crash

      (Newser) - The Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist and creator of Kudzu died yesterday when a car he was riding in hydroplaned in heavy rain and crashed into a tree in Mississippi. Doug Marlette, 57,  worked for a series of newspapers, including the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and was known for his dead-on caricatures and cheeky challenges to those in power. More »

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      obituary  • cartoon  • cartoonist  • editorial cartoons

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